Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:08:31 -0800 (PST) From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) To: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, goradia@VNET.IBM.COM, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: question on how to set up a 28.8 USR modem for freebsd ... Message-ID: <9601172308.AA12605@tera.com> In-Reply-To: <199601171936.MAA08987@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 17, 96 12:36:50 pm
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According to Nate Williams:
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[[ ... ]]
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> 1) The users aren't reading the handbook (I suspect that here)
> 2) The handbook docs need updating.
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> Given the amount of time I've spent recently answering PPP questions, it
> would be worth my while to re-write the sections on PPP/SLIP. Also,
> I've got *all* of them working here in all combinations, so hopefully I
> should be able to get it right. *grin*
>
> One of the user I just helped out is planning on updating the docs, and
> I plan on reviewing it so hopefully it'll get better.
>
>
>
This is as good a time as any to jmp in and present this
for everybody's review. Accept my apologies in advance
if this breaks some of the list's rules or standards... but
many of you know these matters forwards <-> backwards and
can critique this expertly.
What follows is a cheatsheet//quick-and-dirty outline on
how to get tip working.
%%% tip setup:
Requires editing files in /etc/rc.serial, /etc/group, and /etc/ttys.
You can probably leave /etc/gettytab alone since it is currently set to
handle the max speed of the 16550A.
When future UARTS allow faster speeds add onto:
std.57600|57600-baud:\
:np:sp#57600:
std.115200|115200-baud:\
:np:sp#115200:
std.230400|230400-baud:\
:np:sp#230400:
although I have no doubts that modems for POTS lines
will ever allow this.
If you are using a 28.8Kbps modem, to allow the greatest
throughput, put this into /etc/ttys:
ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" xterm on secure
Or whatever is appropriate. In this example, the
modem is on ``COM2'' speaking in PC-ese; ttyd1.
The "xterm" can be any termtype that you will logging
into your FreeBSD as. "vt100" for example.
Note: Here the 115200 matches that speed in /etc/gettytabs
At the bottom of /etc/rc.serial, put:
stty -f /dev/ttyid1 crtscts 115200
stty -f /dev/ttyld1 crtscts
stty -f /dev/cuaia1 crtscts 115200
stty -f /dev/cuala1 crtscts
to insure that the lines are set to use hardware
handshaking. The advanced modems use hardware handshaking
whereas the older, slower modems rely on software.
In /etc/remote, define the name of the
remote computers that you want to call. A sample is:
# Systems definitions
eskimo|Eskimo BBS:\
:pn=5553837:tc=unix28800:
ham288|Hambone Corporation:\
:pn=5556196:tc=unix28800:
ham144|Hambone Corporation:\
:pn=5551212:tc=unix14400:
netcom|Netcom Unix Access:\
:pn=5455599:tc=unix1200:
omen|Omen BBS:\
:pn=5531212:tc=dos1200:
The above system definitions are expanded just below in /etc/remote:
# UNIX system definitions
unix28800|28800 Baud dial-out to a UNIX system:\
:el=^U^C^R^O^D^S^Q:ie=%$:oe=^D:tc=dial28800:
unix14400|14400 Baud dial-out to a UNIX system:\
:el=^U^C^R^O^D^S^Q:ie=%$:oe=^D:tc=dial14400:
unix1200|1200 Baud dial-out to a UNIX system:\
:el=^U^C^R^O^D^S^Q:ie=%$:oe=^D:tc=dial1200:
unix300|300 Baud dial-out to a UNIX system:\
:el=^U^C^R^O^D^S^Q:ie=%$:oe=^D:tc=dial300:
# DOS system definitions
dos1200|1200 Baud dial-out to a DOS system:\
:el=^U^C^R^O^D^S^Q:ie=%$:oe=^Z:pa=none:tc=dial1200:
(( Note that the /etc/phones file doesn't work as it should with
/etc/remote. Anybody know if this is true?? ))
Finally, if you are user ``smith'', in order to use tip in your own smith
account, add yourself to the `dialers' line in /etc/group. Specifically:
wheel:*:0:root
daemon:*:1:daemon
kmem:*:2:root
sys:*:3:root
tty:*:4:root
operator:*:5:root
mail:*:6:
bin:*:7:
news:*:8:root
man:*:9:
games:*:13:
staff:*:20:root
guest:*:31:root
uucp:*:66:
ingres:*:74:ingres
xten:*:100:xten
dialer:*:117:root,smith
smith:*:1000:
nogroup:*:65533:
nobody:*:65534:
Assuming that your modem is correctly configured, typing ``tip eskimo''
will dial into the eskimo BBS; ``tip ham144'' will connect you to
Hambone Corporation, at 14.4Kbps.
What can I add to//delete from this? Alterations?
gary kline
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